Allen-Bradley ControlLogix 1756 - Defining a TAG Declaration for an Alias Tag; Defining an Array Specification

Publication 1756-RM084F-EN-P - July 2002
3-12 Creating a Complete Import/Export File
Defining a TAG declaration for an alias tag
A tag declaration for an alias tag follows this structure:
< tag_name > OF < alias > [ Attributes ];
Where:
Defining an array specification within a TAG declaration
An array specification follows this structure:
“[“< element > [,< element > [,< element >] ]“]”
Where:
Item: Identifies:
tag_name
name of the alias tag
alias
name of the base tag the alias tag references
Specify:
alias < specifier >
Where the specifier is:
a bit (.
bitnumber ), array element ([ element ]), or structure
member (.
membername ) of the tag.
Attributes
attributes of the tag
can also contain a description of the tag
separate each attribute with a comma (,)
Item: Identifies:
element
the number of elements within the array dimension
for example: [5, 10, 2]